John B. Taylor: “Do you want to live on $7.25 an hour? Try that out.”

The powers are almost like a virus in the body politic of municipal democracy.

I certainly don't want to--want my grandkids to see the crisis scenario, in which the interest rate on the debt will skyrocket abruptly because investors will no longer have confidence in our government's ability to pay its bills.

Give America a raise, and give more people jobs.

It would help prevent bailouts. It would diminish excessive risk-taking.